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East African Yellowwood

Podocarpus milanjianus

East African Yellowwood
Photo: Manyarakinoti, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Podocarpaceae (Podocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Nigeria to S. Sudan and S. Trop. Africa
Climate
subtropical

About

Podocarpus milanjianus is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is native to the highlands and mountains of tropical Africa.

Where it grows

Podocarpus milanjianus is the most widespread African podocarp. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Uses

Podocarpus milanjianus is valued as a timber tree, both commercially and artisanally. It produces straight pale yellow timber, which is fine-grained and easily sawn and worked.

Other Podocarpus plants

Neblina Podocarp · Needle-leaved Totara · Podocarpus affinis · Podocarpus angustifolius · Podocarpus annamiensis · Podocarpus aracensis · Podocarpus archboldii · Podocarpus aristulatus · Podocarpus atjehensis · Podocarpus borneensis · Podocarpus bracteatus · Podocarpus brasiliensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Podocarpus milanjianus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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